Coverage and methodology
What Senior Care Intel covers, and how facts are labelled
Counts on this page are read from the database when it loads. Senior Care Intel holds public data only: CMS files, the NPI Registry and contacts researched from public sources.
Sources
The full source register lists every source with its rights, refresh date and live record count.
| Source | What it provides | Period | Rights |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMS Care Compare — Nursing Home Provider Information | Identity, address, beds, ownership type, chain, ratings, staffing, fines | File processed Oct 1, 2026 | U.S. government public data; attributed to CMS |
| CMS Nursing Home Ownership | Owners, operators, officers, directors and managing employees as filed | File processed Sep 2026 | Public data; names shown as filed, with dates |
| CMS health and fire-safety citations | Every inspection citation, with scope, severity and correction dates | Surveys from 2017 to Sep 2026 | Public data; attributed to CMS |
| CMS Special Focus Facility list | Special Focus homes, candidates and graduates | Posting of Oct 2026, with monthly history since Oct 2021 | Public data; attributed to CMS |
| CMS SNF cost reports (HCRIS) | Revenue, expenses, income, labor and capital costs by reporting period | Fiscal years 2022 to 2025 | Public data; self-reported by homes, not audited |
| NPI Registry (NPPES) | New operator registrations at a home’s address | Read when the data was loaded | Public data; shown as “possible, not confirmed” |
| Research contacts and findings | Owner and group contacts, news and sale findings, each with its source link | Date found shown on each row | Public sources; each row keeps its source and verification status |
Status definitions
The value matches the original record from the named source. When one authoritative source is the best available evidence, the panel says “single authoritative source”.
A second source that does not copy the first confirms the value. Syndicated copies of the same record do not count.
Sources conflict, or an identity match is uncertain. The record goes to review instead of a value being picked silently.
Older than the threshold for its source. Today: an inspection CMS flags as more than 2 years old, or a cost report whose period ended more than 24 months ago. Stale is not the same as incorrect.
No appropriate source exists. Current occupancy, collected rents, sale willingness, incumbent vendors and contract terms are unavailable and are never inferred.
How records are checked: three gates
A record earns a status by passing defined checks. There is no blanket “verified” badge, and repeated passes over the same source do not count as independent checks.
| Gate | What it checks | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Identity and provenance | The right facility, license, operating entity, owner and person. Source IDs and original records are kept; similarly named organizations, former operators and parent companies are kept apart. | Partly built Each home is keyed by its CMS certification number, and ownership entries keep their filing dates. Campus grouping and entity review are not built yet. |
| 2. Corroboration and conflicts | Material claims checked against a second, independent source when one exists. Syndicated copies do not count. Unresolved conflicts go to review. | Partly built Contacts are marked confirmed by two sources, single source or conflicting. CMS facts come from one authoritative source each. |
| 3. Freshness and consistency | Reporting periods, revisions, units, capacity ranges, duplicates and stale thresholds per source. The reporting period and the date retrieved are kept separate. | Partly built Stale flags for old inspections and cost reports, and reporting periods shown on financials. Per-source refresh schedules are not built yet. |
Coverage and freshness are shown as counts and dates. Senior Care Intel does not publish an accuracy percentage.
Known limits
Assisted living and memory care are licensed by states, not CMS. They are not in Senior Care Intel yet. They will be added state by state, with each state’s coverage and terms shown.
A campus can hold several licenses. CMS numbers identify the nursing-home certification only. Campus grouping is planned.
Ownership filings can lag a sale, and a person on a filing is not evidence of current authority to buy or sell.
Cost reports are filed by the homes and are not audited by CMS. Every figure shows its reporting period.